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Giquello: From the Kilian Fritsch Library - Precious, Rare and Unusual Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | From the Kilian Fritsch Library - Precious, Rare and Unusual Books | Total Sales (EUR) | 219,521.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 29, 2026 - May 29, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 117,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #177612 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 168,400.00 |
| Total Lots | 129 | ||
| Sold Lots | 89.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 175,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 68.99% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 251,550.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 40 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 87.27% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | France Anatole; Leroux Auguste | La Rotisserie de la reine Pedauque |
1911 | EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | EUR 17,693.00 |
| 51 | Fornier; Brissac Francois; du Souhait Francois; Auvray Jean | Labyrinthe d'Amour |
1615; 1863 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 12,638.00 |
| 105 | Restif de La Bretonne Nicolas Edme | Monument du costume physique et moral |
1789 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 11,121.00 |
| 31 | Des Periers Bonaventure | Nouvelles recreations et joyeux devis |
1567 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 10,742.00 |
| 127 | Vecellio Cesare (1521-1601) | Habiti antichi |
1664 | EUR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | EUR 10,742.00 |
| 38 | The Source and Origin of Wild Cocks |
1590 [circa 1740] | EUR 2,800.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 8,846.00 | |
| 92 | Petron | Satyricon |
1700 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 8,846.00 |
| 48 | Barbier George; Bakst Leon; Berty B.; Boutet de Monvel Bernard; Broders Roger; van Brock Jan; Brunelleschi Umberto; Dammy H. Robert; Drian Etienne; Faivre Abel; Franc-Nohain Marie-Madeleine; Gose Xavier; Iribe Paul; Kriegck; Lhuer Victor; Legrain Pierre; | Journal des dames et des modes |
1912-1914 | EUR 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 8,594.00 |
| 15 | Bruscambille J. Gracieux | Prologues tant serieux que facecieux. Avec plusieurs Galimatias |
1610 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 5,687.00 |
| 47 | Iribe Paul | Blanc et rouge - Rose et noir - Bleu, blanc, rouge |
1930-1932 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 5,687.00 |
| 26 | Cornu Paul | Galerie des modes et costumes francais |
1911-1914 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 5,308.00 |
| 121 | Tabourot Etienne; Tyard Pontus de | Les touches du seigneur des Accords; Douze fables de fleuves ou fontaines |
1585; 1586 | EUR 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 5,055.00 |
| 33 | Des Periers Bonaventure | Les nouvelles recreations et joyeux devis |
1615 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 4,802.00 |
| 60 | La Fontaine Jean de | Contes et Nouvelles en vers |
1762 | EUR 2,800.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,802.00 |
| 1 | D Sr D; St A | L'Adultere ou les poesies hardies |
circa 1680 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,297.00 |
| 67 | Libanius | Plaidoyer sur l'estrange & admirable caquet d'une femme |
1597 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 4,044.00 |
| 75 | Merard de Saint-Just Simon-Pierre | Le Petit Jehan de Saintre et la dame des Belles Cousines |
1798 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 3,791.00 |
| 83 | Du Brueil Antoine | Les Muses Gaillardes |
ca 1609 | EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 3,791.00 |
| 111 | Sault Leon | Album de la Compagnie Transatlantique Americaine |
1876 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,791.00 |
| 4 | Schayes Antoine | Annulaire agathopedique et saucial |
1849 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,539.00 |
| 6 | Aubigne Theodore Agrippa d' | The Adventures of the Baron of Faeneste |
1630 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 3,539.00 |
| 55 | La Fontaine Jean de | Contes et nouvelles en vers |
1669 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,539.00 |
| 61 | La Fontaine Jean de | Figures from the Contes de LA FONTAINE |
1880 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,159.00 |
| 87 | Nouvelle moralite d'une pauvre fille villageoise |
N/A | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 3,159.00 | |
| 94 | Pisan Christine de | Les Ballades |
1985 | EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 2,907.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000